The 2016–17 La Salle Explorers basketball team represented La Salle University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Explorers, led by 13th-year head coach John Giannini, played their home games at Tom Gola Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 15–15, 9–9 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 8 seed in the A-10 tournament, they lost to Davidson in the first round.
Previous season The Explorers finished the 2015–16 season 9–22, 4–14 in A-10 play to finish in last place. They defeated Duquesne in the first round of the A-10 tournament to advance to the second round where they lost to Davidson.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes O. J. Lewis 11 G 6'0" 180 Senior Mitchellville, MD Walk-on; graduated Karl Harris 14 G 6'5" 170 Freshman Hazel Crest, IL Transferred to Indian Hills CC Dusan Majstorovic 23 G 6'5" 195 Freshman Novi Sad, Serbia Transferred to Maine Rohan Brown 35 G/F 6'6" 215 Senior Hartford, CT Graduated
2016 recruiting class
Preseason La Salle was picked to finish in seventh place in the Preseason A-10 poll. Jordan Price was named to the Preseason All-Conference Second Team.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Atlantic 10 tournament
References